School-desk



A. MARTIN.

SCHOOL DESK.

APPLKCATION FILED MAR. 21. I917.

1,328,444.- Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

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ANNA MARTIN, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

SCHOOL-DESK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

Application filed March 21, 1917. Serial No. 156,271.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA MARTIN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and Stateof Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in School- Desks, ofwhich the following is a specification.

An object is to produce an improved desk having a compartment in whicharticles such as gymnasium wearing apparel, paint rags, paint boXes andother articles of the same character, may be kept separate and distinctfrom the books and papers of the pupil, without incommoding the pupil orobstructing the aisle.

This and other objects are attained in the school desk described in thefollowing specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich the figure is a perspective view of my improved desk.v The deskillustrated consists of frame members 1 and 2 having hinged arms 3adapted to support a seat 4: in front of the desk. Uprights 5 and 6 areprovided for securing a back 7 for the seat 4. Formed integrally withframes 1 and 2 and extending upwardly at an angle to back supports 5 and6, are members 8 and 9, the tops of these members being secured to thebottom 10 of a book and paper compartment formed beneath the desk top 11and closed by sides 12 and 13. Extending between back supports 5 and 6and compartment supports 8 and 9, is a partition 14 mounted in ways orgrooves 15 formed in the supports. The ways are so located that thepartition is inclined with its upper edge spaced from the seat back 7and with its lower edge-brought adjacent to the lower edge of the back.The position of the partition is such that it will not interfere withthe legs of the pupil. Furthermore, the

position of the partition is such that it is located well toward thefront of the desk frame and materially away from the knees of the pupil.

The space between the back 7 and partition 14 is V-shaped and isparticularly adapted for holding such articles as gymnasium wearingapparel, also domestic science aprons, paint rags and paint boxes. Thisenables these articles to be kept separate and distinct from the booksand papers of the pupil so that they will not become soiled andotherwise damaged.

The members 5 and 9 and 6 and 8, converge so as to leave the ends of thereceptacle open. Thus the air may circulate freely therethrough so as todry therein the miscellaneous articles such as shoes, paint rags, etc.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

In a school desk the combination of a frame comprising substantiallyvertical back supports and compartment supports at an angle to the backsupports, said back and compartment supports having inclined ways formedupon their interior, a back secured to the back supports, a compartmentsecured upon the compartment supports, and a partition mounted in theways and forming with the bottom of the compartment and the back aV-shaped open-ended receptacle adapted to hold equipment for specialbranches of the scholars course.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 19th dayof March, 1917.

ANNA MARTIN.

Witnesses:

l/VALTER F. MURRAY, W. THORNTON BOGERT.

